Anti-racism protest to be held following 'Islamophobic hate crime' in Hammersmith

Stand Up to Racism is organising a vigil in response to an incident which it claims involved a man attack a Muslim woman

by Goolistan Cooper

11:17, 11 Jan 2017Updated11:18, 11 Jan 2017

The alleged incident happened on the stretch of King Street near Hammersmith Town Hall(Image: Google)

A British-born Muslim woman was attacked as she ate dinner with friends at a restaurant in Hammersmith , according to an anti-racism organisation.

The Asian victim was told that she was “killing people” and “shouldn’t be here” by a fellow diner who then tried to rip off her hijab.

He grabbed her by the coat and attempted to drag her outside, saying he “wasn’t going to tolerate it” before other customers at the takeaway restaurant and the victim’s friends intervened, it has been aledged.

The reported incident happened on Friday (January 6) in King Street, close to Hammersmith Town Hall , at around 9pm.

Police were called by the staff at the restaurant.

According to Stand Up to Racism, the victim was visiting from Manchester.